§11.29.1ἐπανελθόντος δὲ εἰς τὰς Θήβας τοῦ Μαρδονίου μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως, ἔδοξε τοῖς συνέδροις τῶν Ἑλλήνων παραλαβεῖν τοὺς Ἀθηναίους, καὶ πανδημεὶ προσελθόντας εἰς τὰς Πλαταιὰς διαγωνίσασθαι περὶ τῆς ἐλευθερίας, εὔξασθαι δὲ καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς, ἐὰν νικήσωσιν, ἄγειν κατὰ ταύτην τὴν ἡμέραν τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐλευθέρια κοινῇ, καὶ τὸν ἐλευθέριον ἀγῶνα συντελεῖν ἐν ταῖς Πλαταιαῖς.
When Mardonius had returned to Thebes with his army, the representatives of the Greeks decided to join forces with the Athenians, and advancing in full force to Plataea, to fight to the finish for their freedom, and also to vow to the gods that, if they should be victorious, the Greeks would jointly celebrate the festival of freedom on that day, and hold the games of freedom in Plataea.
§11.29.2συναχθέντων δὲ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εἰς τὸν Ἰσθμόν, ἐδόκει τοῖς πᾶσιν ὅρκον ὀμόσαι περὶ τοῦ πολέμου, τὸν στέξοντα μὲν τὴν ὁμόνοιαν αὐτῶν, ἀναγκάσοντα δὲ γενναίως τοὺς κινδύνους ὑπομένειν. §11.29.3ὁ δὲ ὅρκος ἦν τοιοῦτος·
And when the Greeks had assembled at the Isthmus, they all decided to swear an oath concerning the war, which would preserve their harmony and compel them to endure dangers bravely.
οὐ ποιήσομαι περὶ πλείονος τὸ ζῆν τῆς ἐλευθερίας, οὐδὲ καταλείψω τοὺς ἡγεμόνας οὔτε ζῶντας οὔτε ἀποθανόντας, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τελευτήσαντας τῶν συμμάχων πάντας θάψω, καὶ κρατήσας τῷ πολέμῳ τῶν βαρβάρων οὐδεμίαν τῶν ἀγωνισαμένων πόλεων ἀνάστατον ποιήσω, καὶ τῶν ἱερῶν τῶν ἐμπρησθέντων καὶ καταβληθέντων οὐδὲν ἀνοικοδομήσω, ἀλλʼ ὑπόμνημα τοῖς ἐπιγινομένοις ἐάσω καὶ καταλείψω τῆς τῶν βαρβάρων ἀσεβείας. §11.29.4τὸν δὲ ὅρκον ὀμόσαντες ἐπορεύθησαν ἐπὶ τὴν Βοιωτίαν διὰ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος, καὶ πρὸς τὰς ὑπωρείας καταντήσαντες πλησίον τῶν Ἐρυθρῶν, αὐτοῦ κατεστρατοπέδευσαν.
The oath was as follows: "I will not value life more than freedom, nor will I desert my leaders, whether living or dead, but I will bury all of the allies who have fallen in battle, and when I have conquered the barbarians in the war, I will not destroy any of the cities that fought, and I will not rebuild any of the temples that have been burned and thrown down, but I will leave them as they are and hand them down as a memorial to posterity of the impiety of the barbarians." After swearing this oath, they marched toward Boeotia through Cithaeron, and coming down to the foothills near Erythrae, they encamped there.
ἡγεῖτο δὲ τῶν μὲν Ἀθηναίων Ἀριστείδης, τῶν δὲ συμπάντων Παυσανίας, ἐπίτροπος ὢν τοῦ Λεωνίδου παιδός.
Aristides led the Athenians, while Pausanias, who was the guardian of the son of Leonidas, commanded the entire force.